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Peter Symonds College
- Address: Owens Road, Winchester, England, United Kingdom SO22 6RX
- Phone:
- +44 (0) 1962 857500
- +44 (0) 1962 857501 (fax)
- Email: webmaster@psc.ac.uk
- Website: [1]
- Overview
Grammar school The college was founded as a boys' grammar school in 1897 and became a coeducational 16-19 college in 1974, although its roots go back to charities established in the 16th century at the bequest of Peter Symonds, a wealthy merchant. From 1944 it was a voluntary controlled grammar school. [1]
Sixth form college The school, along with the Winchester County Girls' High School, also a grammar school, became a comprehensive in 1974, taking until 1978. [1]
Apostrophe In the late 1990s or early 2000s, for reasons unknown (but possibly because of the difficulty students and correspondents had in spelling the College's name correctly), the College dropped the possessive apostrophe from its founder's name in its official title, and is now known as Peter Symonds College. [1]
New buildings In 2004, the John Shields Building was unveiled, providing classrooms for the computing, psychology and environmental science departments. Also in that year the Varley Sports Café was rebuilt. [1]
The £4.2M Ashurst Learning Resources Centre was completed in the spring of 2007. Ashurst contains five computer suites, housing over 170 computers (three suites double as classrooms, but remain open access when not in use), a vast library and large silent study areas. [1]
The present principal, Neil Hopkins is now the only principal not to have a building in the college named after him, and instead the landfill site in front of the Northbrook building which was demolished has been affectionately called Hopkins' Hump. [1]
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